Mercer, Maine is a small town located in Kennebec County. It is home to about 1,200 residents and is a peaceful and close-knit community. Despite its small size, politics are important to the people of Mercer. Local elections are held regularly and feature candidates from both major parties who are passionate about representing their constituents and ensuring that the best interests of Mercer are taken into consideration at all levels of government. The local government works hard to ensure that the needs of the residents are met and that progress is made to better the town for everyone.
The political climate in Mercer, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mercer, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately conservative.
Maine is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Mercer, Maine: d d d d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Mercer, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $11,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,129 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)